Where is Big Boy?

I thought this was cute. Jonathan just finished his milky and found an Elmo phone in the vast mess of toys! Can you find him? And if you look closely you can also see that the toy box has only a lonely little block in it. I wonder where all those toys that were in it went?

It's amazing if you can see my carpet from time to time.

Naked Baby Buns!

Just a little air drying after bath time!

Easter

Liv painting Easter Eggs!


Easter morning. Daddy, Hannah, and Olivia snuggling on the couch watching Mickey Mouse. The kids LOVE Mickey. Jonathan especially does. It's so cute, and mommy loves Mickey too, because it makes them all very quite for a few minutes! :)


Our first Easter at Nana and Papa's new house.

Cousins!
Left to Right: Brady, Ian, Owen, Jonathan, Mabry, Hayden, Olivia, and Hannah!

Liv Gets A New Roommate

We decided to make a few changes in hopes of longer naps and later mornings so we decided to move Hannah into Olivia's room with her. It was a hard decision but together Adam and I decided to at least give it a try. Olivia's crib was set as a day bed before so we just put her crib rail back up and got her a new toddler bed. She seems to really like her new bed, but since she has never shared a room before every time Hannah makes a move she yells, "MOM, HANNAH IS MOVING!" So I'm not so sure if anyone is getting any more sleep then before.

Here's Liv ready for her 1st sleep over with Hannah.

Two days later, snuggling on the couch. So far they are doing good.

The BIG 1 x 3

On March 4th Jonathan, Hayden, and Hannah Turned One! Here they are getting ready for their 1st Birthday Pancake Breakfast! And they really loved their pancakes.

We didn't do their Birthday Cupcakes until supper time, and by then their birthday bibs were trashed so here they are enjoying their first ever cupcake with NO frosting! And even with out the frosting they still loved it!

Here Hayden is shoving her cupcake down her throat! I think she is looking over at Jonathan making sure that he wasn't going to try to steal it!

Hannah thinks hers is delicious too!

Olivia got to enjoy a chocolate cupcake. And here is a funny fact about Olivia. She prefers hers WITHOUT frosting! Mom doesn't mind that though, it just means more frosting for her!

But other than the birthday pancakes, cupcakes, and a few presents it was a pretty normal day around here. I was calling it a practice run for Saturday's BIG party!

12 Month Stats

From Left to Right: Jonathan, Hannah, and Hayden

Here are the kids 12 month stats from their 1 year doctors appointment. (The % is were they are at compared to other 12 month olds)

Hannah

• Height: 28 1/4 inches (20%)
• Weight: 17 lbs 14 oz (8%)
• Head: 44 cm (20%)

Hayden

• Height: 29 inches (40%)
• Weight: 18 lbs 11.5 oz (15%)
• Head: 44.5 cm (30%)

Jonathan

• Height: 30 inches (60%)
• Weight: 22 lbs 12.5 oz (50%)
• Head: 48.5 cm (95%)

While the girls are still a little on the small side they are still doing really great, and Jonathan, well you would never know that he was born 8 weeks early! And because I was curious below is Olivia's stats when she was 12 months old and a picture of her.

Olivia

• Height: 29 3/4 inches (70%)
• Weight: 18 lbs 9 oz (10%)
• Head: 45 cm (50%)

As you can see, she was no bigger then Hayden at that same age.

Jeepers Boys, Another Win!

Congratulations to my Uncle, Jim Eekhoff, and the boys basketball team at Hull Western Christian on another 2A State Championship Title!

My uncle Jim has been coaching basketball at Hull for 28 years and this is his 6th State Championship Title. In fact every time that they have made it to the final game at the State Tournament they have won. And something else I found to be quite impressive was his overall record, 545-124. I think that is pretty amazing!

It was a great game to watch and thankfully we were able to watch it on tv.

Way to go boys!

Okay, So The Worst Blogger Award Goes To......

I think we all know the answer to that one! I've been stressing out over how far behind I've gotten but I think I have just decided to start fresh. Of course I will give you a quick recap on what has been happening around here the last few months but then after that I am just going go with the flow and not worry about how far behind I am in anything! Hey, I've got four kids, right! But honestly, I really hate to use them for an excuse when it comes to my being unmotivated.

So here what has been going on in the Sadler Fun House!

Olivia continues to amaze me! Those of you that know her know how much she loves to talk, sing, dance, play, read books, and watch movies. She has a wonderful imagination and seems to be very smart. Or at least her mom and dad think so! Something that she really loves going to this winter is her Music Together class that the Cedar Rapids Symphony puts together. Her class meets once a week, and they sing songs, play with different instruments (this section is on drums, so we get to play with a lot of different percussion instruments), and we do lots of movement, dancing and actions to the songs. She has so much fun and gets so excited to when we tell her that it time to go to "Music Class" I'm so glad we decided to give it a try. Olivia is also starting to use the potty more. So hopefully in a couple more weeks she will be ready to kick the diapers and permanently move into "underpants".

Somethings that Hannah is doing these days is crawling, pulling her self up on things, scaling across furniture and gates, and cutting teeth. She has one top front tooth that has come in but is working on the other one. No bottom teeth yet! Hannah, can also clap her hands and loves to pose for pictures. You say cheese and she smile and poses. Too Cute.

Hayden is our daredevil. She too is crawling, pulling herself up and scaling things. She has two top teeth and is cutting one bottom front tooth as of right now. She is really starting to ham things up too now.

Jonathan, continues to grow and shows no signs of ever being 8 weeks early! He too is crawling, pulling himself up, and zooms across the gate and furniture. He is also getting very good at standing without holding on to things, and I think we will see him walking very soon! He will take a step here or there to come to mommy but then falls to the floor to crawl the rest of the way. And as exciting as that is, it also makes me very nervous for the next stage we are about to enter!!!

We have our next check up on the 10th and I am excited to see how much they have grown over the last three months! Oh, and as for talking...there is a lot of blah, blah, blah's, and screams, and a few da da da's and a couple of ma ma ma's. And when they are eating something that they find extra delicious its "mmm, mmm, mmmm!!!"

As for mom and dad...

Adam will be wrapping up his 2nd year back at Sadler Power Train and he has been very busy. He seems to have learned a great deal about their family business these past two years and to me it shows. Adam does many different things there...he works in the warehouse, behind the parts counter, and he delivers parts...he does a lot of their promotional work, creates their newsletters and fliers, and now he is starting to do some sales too! They are also launching a new website http://www.drivetrainamerica.com/ that they have been working very hard on.

Adam is also about to embark on a new adventure as well. Well, maybe not new, but he is going to be coaching the 9th grade baseball team at Prairie this summer. I know what some of you are thinking, "What? How does he have time to do that?" and "I can't believe you are going to let him do that!" But I have to tell you it was my idea. I heard that the position was open from a friend and deep down I knew that Adam probably missed coaching, so I told him about it. And maybe I am crazy for telling him to go for it, but baseball has been such a big part of his life, and it was a big part of ours too, I just felt like it was something that he might want to do. And its not a long commitment like coaching at a college is.

Some other things Adam has been up to this winter is playing basketball on Tuesday nights with the guys, and he has started the P90X workout. I believe is on week five of the workout and he is starting to see some really good results! Or at least I think so!

So, what have I been up to? Well, besides the hustle and bustle of babies and a toddler, not much. I'm completing my third year as a stay at home mom and besides the work load tripling, not a whole lot new here. Something that I really enjoyed this last winter besides watching my four beautiful children grow, was going on a nice, relaxing, wonderfully quiet vacation with my wonderful husband and our friends, Austin and Ashley Evans of Texas. We spent a whole week in Grand Cayman and it was amazing. Don't get me wrong, I did miss my babies (I called or texted at least once a day) but I so needed a little R&R! Funny thing is Adam and I never slept in that whole week. We were always up by 7:00. We would have a nice quiet breakfast on the screened in patio and then just sit there. It was wonderful! Now every once in a while when things are starting to get crazy I just take a little trip down memory lane to that very quiet vacation.

Something new I have started doing is going to some Bible study classes at the church we have been attending. The first one I went to was a study from the book, For Women Only, which talked about why guys are the way they. I'm sure a lot of you have read books on that topic, but for me it was the first time it made real sense. It wasn't just about why guys are guys, it was more about why God made men the way they are and how to deal with it as a wife. It was a good study and I totally recommend it! And now I am reading a book called Heaven by Randy Alcorn. It too has really opened my eyes to what the bible says Heaven is going to be like. I think it is really going to be amazing! The book itself can be a little hard to read at times and repetitive, but I think he does that for a reason. So this too I would recommend!

So I guess that is all for now!

Stay tuned to see how the babies 1st Birthday went! Hopefully it won't take me another five months to post about it!